Improvement in railway-switches



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

GEORGE YV. PAINE, OE CALERA, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-SWITCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,405, dated June 23,1874; application filed April 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PAINE, ofCalera, in the county of Shelby and in the State of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Switch; and `dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part ot' thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementOt' a railroadswitch, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In Order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of my invention.

A A' represent the rails of themain track, B B' are the rails of theside track, and C is the switch-rail between the main rails A A'. -Atthe point where the side rail B comes in contact withithe main rail A'is placed a beveled block or bar, D, along the Outer side of the rail A'and inner side Ot' the rail B; and the end Oi' the switch-rail C at thispoint is elevated on an incline sufficiently to carry the iianges of thecar-wheels over the top of the rail A'. Hence, when a car is to turninto the side track, the wheel is carried, by the inclined switch-railC, over the main rail A', and it. then passes down the incline D tillthe tread of the wheel comes on the side rail B. In like manner the endof the rail B' is elevated On an incline tO carry the car-wheel iiangeon that side overthe main rail A,and on the inner side Ot' said mainrail at this point is a beveled Or inclined block or bar, D', for thesame purpose as the block D. The ends of the rails B and C a-reconnected by means ot' rods or bars c a', and the bar a is connectedwith any suitable switch apparatus. 0n one ot' the ties is pivoted abar, b, one end ot' which is pivoted to the bar a., and thc other end,by a rod, d, connected with the end of the inclined bar D', the otherend of said bar being pivoted to one of the tics. When the switch isclosed, as shown in Fig. l, the block or bar D' is held close to theinner side of the rail A' but by Opening` the switch the bar D' is atthe same time turned so that its high end will be sufiiciently reg movedfrom said rail A' to allow the ilange of the wheel to pass between them.By this construction the main rails may be left entirely unbroken, andno frogs are needed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with unbroken main rails A A', of theinclined elevatedside rails B B', beveled pivoted block D', block D, switch-rail C, andbars c b d, all substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day Ot' March, 1874.

G. W. PAINE.

Witnesses:

C. G. OLIVER, JOHN BROWN.

